Table III.

Mechanical Properties of SZ Containing Mucoadhesive Gels

Batch	MS (g) (±SD)	Hardness (N) (±SD)	Adhesiveness (N mm) (±SD)	Compressibility (N mm) (±SD)	Cohesiveness (±SD)
HEC20	153.96 ± 1.24	9.44 ± 0.04	−37.75 ± 0.11	31.62 ± 0.76	0.92 ± 0.01
HEC30	154.76 ± 2.11	23.28 ± 0.01	−39.05 ± 0.17	114.65 ± 0.20	0.81 ± 0.02
HPC50	65.67 ± 1.79	13.69 ± 0.02	−1.05 ± 0.22	19.72 ± 0.23	0.82 ± 0.01
HPC150	92.54 ± 2.65	5.34 ± 0.01	−2.56 ± 0.26	67.75 ± 0.40	0.81 ± 0.06
PL300	92.39 ± 2.30	−0.44 ± 0.03	−2.27 ± 0.12	17.42 ± 0.08	0.89 ± 0.02
SC20	138.66 ± 2.04	6.81 ± 0.02	−31.30 ± 0.03	34.44 ± 0.36	1.01 ± 0.01
SC30	167.72 ± 3.76	9.81 ± 0.04	−46.23 ± 0.34	40.05 ± 0.48	0.87 ± 0.01